TRADITION and culture remain a hindrance in the provision of vital health services to women because some husbands do not allow their wives to be attended to by male nurses, notes Acting Health Minister Cornelius Mweetwa. Meanwhile, President Hakainde Hichilema has donated two bulls to nurses and midwives attending a continental meeting at Avani Hotel for a braai. Officiating at the 2nd Regional Conference of the African Nurses and Midwives Confederation (ANMC), Wednesday, Mweetwa, who is also the Minister of Information and Media, said across Africa, nurses and midwives are the backbone and brain of health systems. “The COVID-19 pandemic reminded the world of what Africa has always known. We have known that our nurses and midwives are not merely...